250 years of Faber-Castell: “Doing ordinary things extraordinarily well”
Founded in 1761, the Faber-Castell brand name belongs to one of the oldest industrial companies in the world. In the hands of the same family for eight generations, Faber-Castell is now the world’s leading manufacturer of wood-cased pencils and is represented in over 120 countries, with 15 production sites and 23 sales organizations around the globe. It sees itself as an international company with roots in Germany.
It is now two and a half centuries since the cabinet-maker Kaspar Faber laid the foundations of the business in the village of Stein near Nuremberg: Faber-Castell will be celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2011. Whereas graphite pencils made up the bulk of production in 1761, the present-day portfolio embraces a wide range of quality products for writing, drawing, and creative design.